Men's Lacrosse: Perri and Ambler Lead Drexel Past Albany

Drexel scored five unanswered goals to snap a 4-4 tie and defeated Albany on the road, 11-9. Scott Perri and Colin Ambler each had four points for the Dragons who won for the sixth straight time.

Drexel (6-1) opened up a 3-1 lead on a pair of goals by Perri and another from Zak Fisher, but Albany ended the first period with a 3-1 run to tie the game at four apiece. The Dragons then took the lead for good early in the second quarter when Aaron Prosser scored an extra- man goal. Later in the period Perri scored his third of the game to put the Dragons up by a pair of goals. Colin Ambler closed the scoring in the second period with a goal at the 2:50 mark, set up by Ryan West. It gave the Dragons a 7-4 lead. The defense continued to play well and held the Danes scoreless in the second and then again in the third period. While the Danes were held off the board, Nick Trizano and Prosser found the net to give the Dragons a five-goal lead after three periods.

The Danes made a game of it in the final 15 minutes. Brian Caufield scored just 13 seconds into the final frame and just over a minute later, Nate Sullivan’s man-up goal cut Drexel’s lead to 9-6. Kevin Stockel gave the Dragons a bit of breathing room with a goal at the 12:20 mark, but Albany wouldn’t go away. Dave Brock scored two goals in a span of just over four minutes to make in a 10-8 game. The Dragons held on and got an insurance goal from freshman Robert Church with less than two minutes to play to make it a three-goal cushion. Caufield, who had a huge day with a pair of goals and six assists, closed out the scoring with 51 seconds to play to make the final score 11-9.

Albany outshot the Dragons, 39-30, but could only put nine shots past Drexel goalkeeper Mark Manos. The sophomore keeper, who was last week’s CAA Player of the Week, made 16 saves in the game, just one shy of his career-high. When the Great Danes scored their first goal of the game at the 9:20 mark of the first period, it snapped Manos’ streak of more than 45 minutes without allowing a goal. He shutout St. John’s over the final 40 minutes in the Dragons’ last game. Ambler had three assists to go along with a goal.

Drexel has a tough road contests coming up this week. The Dragons visit former CAA-rival Villanova on Wednesday night. The Wildcats knocked off No. 19 Delaware on Saturday. Next weekend, Drexel visits No. 11 Lafayette.